International Women's Day. I'm gonna be honest. When I woke up, I did not know that today was International Women's Day (even though I wrote about it here last year). I have a hard time keeping track of more than Christmas and birthdays (this is a slight exaggeration...but just slightly). Every morning I wake up [...]
This Road We Travel Thanks so much for all the love on Monday's post. We're preparing for a storm here. They've released the schools 2 hours early to get home before the high winds start. I've secured the yard the best I can. As a Florida girl, I'm pretty good at preparing for high winds [...]
Do you have a variety of collections? Do you need to organize them? Are you easily distracted? If you answered yes to any or all of these, then we have something in common! 🙂 Our house has been a continual work in progress. I don't like to buy new pieces of furniture very often [...]
A Work in Progress. And aren't we all a work in progress? Today, I mean this both figuratively and literally. When I started blogging last year, it was a journey of discovery. It still is a journey of discovery. A mom trying to find her place in a new found world. A world of raising [...]
1,000 wishes I've wished for you. 1,000 more will I wish. In my youth, I dreamed of someday having a daughter. As your dad and I fell in love, I sat on his back porch telling him of my dreams. He told me that he hoped that my daughter was his daughter too. A story [...]
On the Cusp of 13. Big hair, sunshine, and bubblegum pink lips! Today, I travel back to being 13. Why? Because this Friday, my youngest baby...my only girl, will turn 13. I will officially become the mother of all teenagers. It feels like it is coming too fast. I'm sure it [...]
For my mom. Thoughts from my mother on her birthday! She smiled the day we met. Little hand placed in hers. Passing of time marked in years. She has laughed with me at the silliest things. She has wiped away my tears of heartache. And she has shared in my times of joy and in [...]
The Second Blessing. Making the decision to have a child-it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. - Elizabeth Stone This morning I saw this quote posted on a friends' Facebook page. I felt its truth in a hundred different ways. Today it struck me [...]
I've had some thoughts rolling around for awhile, and yet when I put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard), they do not flow out cohesively. I am hoping that today they have found a way to flow with the ease of a river racing to its conclusion. The oldest became an official solo driver [...]
A Teen Driver. The oldest is about to venture out on his own. Driving without me or his father in the seat next to him. This is happening Sunday, to be exact. If you've been following along with me for a while you may remember that he lived through and fully recovered from a traumatic [...]
